These are well known and lessons, but this is not an all inclusive list, other verses can be requested in consultation with the pastor officiating at the memorial service. The most familiar part of the verses have been loosely paraphrased for your recognition. Please refer to a Bible in the translation you prefer to check the whole passage and wording before selecting a verse.

PSALMS

Psalm 22:4-5 …cried to you and were saved, in you they trusted and were not disappointed. :1-6 The Lord is my shepherd… Psalm 25:1-5 I lift my soul, in you I trust… :1-3 The Lord is my light and my salvation… Psalm 27:4 …and dwell in the house of the Lord forever :3 You are my rock and my fortress…lead me and guide me Psalm 33:8 Fear the lord and show him reverence… :8 Taste /see that the Lord is good, blessed the man who takes refuge in him. Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him… Psalm 42:1-7 …as a deer longs for streams… my soul thirsts for God :1-7 God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help… :12 Create in me a clean heart… Psalm 65:4-8 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts… :1-10 Lord, you have been our dwelling place…from everlasting to everlasting you are God… Make a joyful noise unto the Lord… :1-5 Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name… Psalm 103:8-12 The Lord is compassionate…slow to anger and abounding in love Psalm 103:15-18 Man’s day is like the lilies of the field…but the Lord’s mercy is from age to age. Psalm 118:1-21 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good… Psalm 118:23-24 This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice & be glad in it. Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Psalm 121:1-8 I look to the hills from whence cometh my help… Psalm 130:1-8 Out of the depths I call to you Lord, O Lord hear my cry Psalm 143 Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, in you I put my trust…

OLD TESTAMENT

Deut. 31:8 The Lord will be with you, he will not fail or forsake you… Joshua1:9 …the Lord your God is with you wherever you go… Isaiah 40:31 those who wait for the Lord…shall mount up with wings like eagle’s *Isaiah 43:1-5 …Do not fear for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine… Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart… Isaiah 40:6-9 The grass withers the flowers fade but the word of the Lord… Isaiah 25:6-9 he will swallow up death forever…will wipe away tears… Isaiah 61:1-3 …the Lord has anointed me to bring good news Isaiah 61:10 …I shall see God…shall exult in my God who has… Job 19:23-27 For I know that my Redeemer lives… Eccles. 3:1 For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven- a time to be born and a time to die… *Lam. 3:22-26 …steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, mercies never end. *Lam. 3:31-33 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him…

*Appropriate at the burial of a child.